Guadalcanal

PURPOSE: On August 7, 1942, Allied forces, predominantly American, initiated landings on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tugali, and Florida (Nggela Sule) in the southern Solomon Islands with the objective of denying their use by the Japanese as bases to threaten supply routes between the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.
IMPORTANCE: The Guadalcanal campaign marked the first significant strategic combined arms victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theater

Allies	Japanese
7,100 killed	31,000 killed
4 Captured	1,000 Captured
29 Ships Lost	38 Ships Lost
615 aircraft lost	683–880 aircraft lost

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